Which chemical element forms compounds which are typically intensely colored?

zinc
lithium
chromium
vanadium
The name of chromium means colour in Greek. Its compounds are used as pigments, including chrome yellow which had been used to paint school buses and chromium oxides used as a green color in glassmaking. Natural rubies are colored red due to chromium ions.
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lithium
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vanadium
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flagBelarus
6%
10%
71%
6%
46
flagRussia
15%
13%
58%
11%
191
flagUkraine
17%
12%
56%
13%
229
flagIndia
11%
17%
53%
15%
928
flagAustralia
15%
17%
53%
12%
113
flagMalaysia
9%
16%
53%
20%
43
flagPakistan
13%
11%
52%
21%
102
flagSingapore
14%
11%
51%
22%
35
flagNigeria
9%
20%
50%
17%
126
flagSwitzerland
17%
23%
50%
8%
82
flagKazakhstan
11%
20%
50%
14%
34
flagUnknown
13%
16%
48%
20%
43
flagthe United States
17%
20%
47%
12%
824
flagPoland
22%
16%
45%
15%
15591
flagGermany
11%
26%
43%
17%
1222
flagthe United Kingdom
14%
19%
42%
21%
379
flagCanada
17%
23%
41%
17%
80
flagGhana
25%
11%
41%
22%
36
flagAustria
13%
23%
39%
22%
176
flagthe Philippines
35%
15%
35%
12%
88